Jessica Boddy

Two-dimensional food can make you actually hungry, because our brains didn’t evolve in a world of pictures.

Tie your shoes a little too snug in the morning, and, by lunchtime, that uncomfortable feeling will be nearly gone. Sensations—smells, sights, feelings—that stay stagnant for too long tend to fade away. The same goes for this blue dot fixed in its green milieu. Stare it down for 15 seconds and it vanishes. Blink and it comes back.

In this maze, three distinct routes, each originating from a different entryway, will guide you to the middle. Can you traverse them all?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday that the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics will be shared by three astrophysicists: Andrea Ghez at UCLA, Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany, and Oxford University’s Roger Penrose. The award acknowledges their pioneering work in our understanding of black holes, particularly the one sitting at the center of our own galaxy. These supermassive objects devour everything that comes too close, includi…

Back in May, astronomers noted an overwhelming pulse in gamma rays on a variety of instruments. Intrigued, they scrambled to train telescopes toward the source. Their hustle paid off—using the Hubble Space Telescope, the Swift Observatory, and a handful of other ground-based telescopes, they saw what appeared to be two neutron stars smacking into each other, producing a mega bright flash of infrared light.

Back in April, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th birthday. It blasted off from Florida aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 and changed the way we view the skies forever. In the decades sense, the telescope has scoped out local moons, distant planets, and far-off galaxies. To celebrate the 30-year milestone, NASA released 30 new images of dazzling nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. The best part: they’re all objects you can spot from your backyard with a telescope—some you…

Cleaning is a common (and productive) way to cope with stress—which we all have plenty of this year. These tools will help you out.

The Valles Marineris canyon on Mars is the largest canyon in the Solar System. These breathtaking close-up images, recently released by the University of Arizona, put the stats into perspective. And they’re not just pretty—they’ll help us better understand how this gigantic chasm formed.

To ring in the new year, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) dropped six captivating images of galaxies smashing into one another.

Depending on how good of a friend they are, get them started with a Nintendo Switch, some classic games, or a fun-as-heck accessory.